We need a day where we physically CANNOT use social media. We cannot help ourselves. We cannot regulate ourselves. The screen-time option on Apple devices and, most recently, on Instagram is a nice idea, but we, as users, have the ability to enable and disable it. It doesn’t work. The only way we can live in the moment is going to a concert where they take our phones away.

A National Day to Unplug (or insert a catchier name here) would give us a break for a bit — even for a day. Let’s not add to the heaping pile of anxiety, depression, self doubt, and everything else we already have — just for one day.